Combined storm apron and hood.



PATENTED MAY 5, 1903;

J.P.GORDON. COMBINED STORM APRON AND HOOD. APPLICATION IiLED JAN. 2, 1902.

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Patented May 5, 1903.

ATE T FFICE.

JOHN P. GORDON, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

COMBINED STORM APRON AND 000.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent 0. 726,906, dated May 5, 1903.

- Application filed January 2, 1902. Serial'No. 88,020. (No model.)

To aZZ whmn it may concern:

Improvement in a Combined Storm Apron and Hood, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the improvement of vehicle storm aprons and hoods; and the objects of my invention are to provide a combined storm apron and hood of improved construction which will close the forward portion of a vehicle and completely protect the occupants against the entrance of rain or snow, to so construct my improved apron and hood as to adapt it to fit on buggy tops and dashes of different sizes, and to produce other improvements the details of which will be more fully pointed out hereinafter.- These objects Iaccomplish in the mannerillustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which-- Figure 1 represents a buggy body and top having my improved apron and hood thereon, the lower portion of the same being broken away to indicate the manner of connecting the same with the dash. Fig. 2 is a detail view in perspective, illustrating the manner of connectin g my improved protector or apron with the vehicle bow side arms. view in perspective of the adjustable top straps of the apron. Fig. i is a similar view of the adjustable bottom strap, and Fig. 5 is a transverse section through the upper-portion of the hood.

Similar numerals refer to similar partsthroughout the several views.

In producing my improved apron and hood I form the body thereof of asingle piece of waterproof material, and for the sake of convenience in description I will refer to the same as consisting of central and side portions 1 and 2, the central portion 1 being designed, as indicated in-Figrl of the drawings, to cover the front of the vehicle, the upper or top edge portion thereof being adapted to be held in the manner hereinafter described in connection with the forward transverse top bow of the buggy-top, and the lower part of said central portion being engaged with the dash of the vehicle. From this central portion 1 depend the side portions 2, the rear Fig. 3 is a detail edges of the latter being adapted to extend within or be overlapped by the side curtains 3 of the buggy-top. As indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the side portions 2 are formed with extensions2 which depend below the central or'front portion'l'; The upper edge of the front 1 is formed with a transverse casing,'such as is indicated more clearly at 4 in Fig. 5,and through this casing passes a strap 6, which comprises a central rubber or elastic section 7, with which are united leather end sections 8, each of said end sections having extending therefrom a metal hook 9. The leather portions 8 of the strap 6 are sewed or otherwise united with the casing 4, while the central portion of the casing, which embraces the rubber section 7, is shirred, as indicated at 10. The end hooks 9 of the strap 6 are, as indicated in Fig. 1, adapted to be movably engaged with the upper and forward top jointpins 11 of the buggy-top. The lower portion of the front is, asprescribed for the upper portion, provided with a casing, the greater portion of which is shirred, as indicated at 12, and through this casing passes an elastic strap-section 13, the latter having compara- "tively short leatherter minations 14., with which are connected hooks 15 these hooks being adapted to engage the ends of the dash 16 when the 'shirred portion 12 is drawn down partially over said dash. In order to connect the side portions 2 of. the curtain with the buggy-top, I secure to each of said side portions on its inner side a strap 17, the outer end of which is adapted to be adj ustably connected with a buckle 18, which is affixed to a yokelikespring-clamp 19, this clamp adapted to be made to engage one of the forward bow side arms 20in the manner indicated more clearly in Fig. 2. As indicated at 21, the front portion 1 of the curtain may be provided with suitable windows or outlook-openings and with a suitably-placed rein-outlethaving a flap or cover 22.

From the construction shgwnan'ddescribed it will be seen that both the front and sides of the forward openingor entrance to the vehicle are closed by myimproved hood and curtain; and that owing to the employment of the hook-carrying straps at the upper and lower edges of the front portion 1 and the construction-of these straps with elastic center sections my improved apron and hood may be employed on buggy tops and dashes of different widths, the elastic operating to take up any slack or fullness in the goods forming the curtain. It will be understood that by pulling outward on the strap 17 the lips of the spring-clamps 19 will open by engagement with the bow side bars 20, permitting said clamps being readily Withdrawn from said bars. As indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the side extensions 2 are adapted to depend on the outer side of the vehicle-body, which is indicated at 25, thus insuring protection against the entrance of rain at the sides of the vehicle-entrance.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Adevice of the character described, comprising a front section, opposite side sections extending rearwardly from the front section, the top and bottom edges of the front being beaded and shirred, elastic straps run through the beads and terminally secured thereto, the intermediate portions of the straps being free, and hooks secured to the ends of the straps and projected externally of the beads at the ends thereof and beyond the edges of the front section for engagement respectively with for- Ward top joint-pins of a vehicle-top and the opposite upright end edges of a dash.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a front section, opposite side sections extending rearwardly from the front section, the top and bottom edges of the front being beaded and shirred, elastic straps run through the beads and terminally secured thereto, the intermediate portions of the straps being free, hooks secured to the ends of the straps and projected externally of the heads at the ends thereof and beyond the edges of the front section for engagement respectively with for- Ward top joint-pins of a vehicle-top and the opposite upright end edges of a dash, straps secured to the rear edge portions of the side sections, and substantially U-shaped springclips secured to the straps With their open ends projected rearwardly.

JOHN P. GORDON.

In presence of- G. C. SHEPHERD,

O. M. MoRRoW. 

